So, what about the hideously nasty chemicals and the incredible amounts of energy that are required to produce solar panels?
Current PV cells are not the solution. They're dirty and expensive (in terms of electricity) to manufacture. One source that I've been unable to locate again actually said that the PV cells use more energy to manufacture than they will produce over their lifetime.
That's bad. That's false economy, and bad environmentalism.
As a new resident of Portland, I've been interested to learn about this region's sustainable development efforts. (Specifically, Portland has them)
Moving out of cities and getting off the grid is simply not sustainable for a useful number of people, so decreasing the footprint of urban areas is an important idea. I'm glad Portland is leading that group. (Note: this house is a tiny tiny tiny part of that effort. It's been going on here for better than 20 years.)
Your argument breaks down (like all silly comparisons between automobiles and software) when you realize that you can take apart the car and see how it works, thereby obtaining the "source code". There is no analog for "closed source" in cars.
I thought Bush was a fighter pilot, and anybody who gets in a fighter without a parachute has done a LOT of work to remove it from its integral stowage in their seat.
I can't remember the last time I heard a political ad that had anything meaningful to say about ANY issue, other than "If you vote for me (or the way I think you should vote, in the case of ballot initiatives &c) America will be stronger, you'll have more money, people will think you're more attractive, and you won't be a dirty anti-American loser like my opponent (or the opponents of my position).
You just TRY to find me a mass-market Taiwanese motherboard that's not supposed to work with Windows. Fast forward three years: If this goes through, those same MFRs will be sucking MS's teat just the same.
Sun? You must be joking.
IBM? What OS do most IBM desktops and laptops run?
Apple? Love my Powerbook, but they're not enough to keep USB free and open (although they did pioneer the standard).
My problem with Bush is not his stand for buzzwords and platitudes, but his stand AGAINST the Constitution and my civil liberties.
People forget that when he was campaigning in 2000, he said (in response to people criticizing him) that some people had too much freedom. He's been doing a great job eroding mine.
I'm furious with the Democrats for putting up this milquetoast against Bush, and furious at both parties for consipiring to exclude real debate and discussion from the political landscape. (I don't think politics should EVER be a binary choice.)
How does that differentiate him from President Bush?
Don't get me wrong: I'm not anti-Kerry pro-Bush. I wouldn't want either of these yahoos running anything more complicated than a lemonade stand. I'm simply pointing out that Kerry's motivations for joining the military thirty years ago don't have a lot to do with his fitness (or lack thereof) for office.
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OK, I'll bite.
What is the "burn in" danger with letterboxed material on 4:3 sets? Burn in hasn't been a practical problem for computer CRTs since, well, monochrome.
What's the problem?
So, what about the hideously nasty chemicals and the incredible amounts of energy that are required to produce solar panels?
Current PV cells are not the solution. They're dirty and expensive (in terms of electricity) to manufacture. One source that I've been unable to locate again actually said that the PV cells use more energy to manufacture than they will produce over their lifetime.
That's bad. That's false economy, and bad environmentalism.
As a new resident of Portland, I've been interested to learn about this region's sustainable development efforts. (Specifically, Portland has them)
Moving out of cities and getting off the grid is simply not sustainable for a useful number of people, so decreasing the footprint of urban areas is an important idea. I'm glad Portland is leading that group. (Note: this house is a tiny tiny tiny part of that effort. It's been going on here for better than 20 years.)
Because it's hot out there.
In Portland? HAH! That's a good one.
Of course it breaks down: It's a stupid argument and a stupid parallel that has nothing to do with reality.
By your argument, you should be able to get the programmers' computers in order to be truly "open source".
That certainly doesn't make the argument any less ridiculous.
You know that lemmings do not in fact commit mass suicide, right? You didn't? Guess you must be one of those "average /. reader[s]".
Asshat.
Your argument breaks down (like all silly comparisons between automobiles and software) when you realize that you can take apart the car and see how it works, thereby obtaining the "source code". There is no analog for "closed source" in cars.
Yeah, see how effective it is for Cheney?
Of course, because the hospitals will pass the savings on to you, right?
I've got a bridge to sell you.
OK, here's an anecdote totally unfamiliar to me.
I thought Bush was a fighter pilot, and anybody who gets in a fighter without a parachute has done a LOT of work to remove it from its integral stowage in their seat.
Perhaps you can enlighten me.
I can't remember the last time I heard a political ad that had anything meaningful to say about ANY issue, other than "If you vote for me (or the way I think you should vote, in the case of ballot initiatives &c) America will be stronger, you'll have more money, people will think you're more attractive, and you won't be a dirty anti-American loser like my opponent (or the opponents of my position).
Kerry voted for it, yes. Ashcroft has been shoving it up peoples' asses.
I'd love to see legislators that propose and vote for unconstitutional laws prosecuted for treason.
You just TRY to find me a mass-market Taiwanese motherboard that's not supposed to work with Windows. Fast forward three years: If this goes through, those same MFRs will be sucking MS's teat just the same.
Sun? You must be joking.
IBM? What OS do most IBM desktops and laptops run?
Apple? Love my Powerbook, but they're not enough to keep USB free and open (although they did pioneer the standard).
Then you really shouldn't use MS Exchange. Just sayin'.
My problem with Bush is not his stand for buzzwords and platitudes, but his stand AGAINST the Constitution and my civil liberties.
People forget that when he was campaigning in 2000, he said (in response to people criticizing him) that some people had too much freedom. He's been doing a great job eroding mine.
I'm furious with the Democrats for putting up this milquetoast against Bush, and furious at both parties for consipiring to exclude real debate and discussion from the political landscape. (I don't think politics should EVER be a binary choice.)
How does that differentiate him from President Bush?
Don't get me wrong: I'm not anti-Kerry pro-Bush. I wouldn't want either of these yahoos running anything more complicated than a lemonade stand. I'm simply pointing out that Kerry's motivations for joining the military thirty years ago don't have a lot to do with his fitness (or lack thereof) for office.
Yeah, because no Presidents have ever done that before.
Like Kennedy. Or Eisenhower. Or T. Roosevelt. Or Grant. Or Washington.
Yeah, that's a totally valid criticism of Senator Kerry.
Come on, you don't have to work real hard to get some real criticisms of the man.
Why would Microsoft do that, if they can rejigger the standard to fuck their competition?
That's the job of the Supreme Court. Sometimes they do a good job, sometimes not so much.
Keep saying "Sigh" at the beginning of each of your posts. It really makes me give serious consideration to your thoughts.
Hmm....cloistered academics tend to be more liberal? Crazy thought, that.
Kerry has positions? I wish...then I might be able to vote for him in good conscience.
It's quid pro quo for NASA building all the sections of ISS that Russia failed to deliver on time.
Of course, ISS is an international clusterfuck that should be mothballed YESTERDAY, but that's a different kettle of fish.